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Cornish, Graham P. – 1991
This document examines the impact of new information technologies on the various roles of national libraries. Seventy-two national libraries responded to a questionnaire designed to assist in determining how such institutions worldwide are responding to recent technological innovations. The first of six chapters identifies three basic…
Descriptors: Archives, Bibliographic Records, Change Strategies, Computer Networks
Peer reviewedHaider, Syed Jalaluddin – International Information & Library Review, 1998
Examines the state of library automation in Pakistan. Discusses early developments; financial support by the Netherlands Library Development Project (Pakistan); lack of automated systems in college/university and public libraries; usage by specialist libraries; efforts by private-sector libraries and the National Library in Pakistan; commonly used…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Information Systems
Lin, Sharon Chien – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1994
Describes two phases of the automation of library and information services in mainland China. From 1974-86, much effort was concentrated on developing computer systems, databases, online retrieval, and networking. From 1986 to the present, practical progress became possible largely because of CD-ROM technology; and large scale networking for…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Johansson, Eve – 1991
This bibliography presents sources which trace the development of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions' (IFLA) policy for the support of librarianship in Third World countries, the development of awareness and sensitivity to its issues within the library and information world, and the way in which professionals in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textOstrow, Stephen E.; Zich, Robert – 1990
Library collections and their value and uses in the Library of Congress are the topics addressed in this pamphlet, which features two opposing papers. In "Collections at the Core," Stephen Ostrow argues that priority should be given to such collection-based activities as developing, preserving, and providing access to, in their original…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Futures (of Society), Information Technology, Library Automation
Pitkin, Gary M., Ed. – 1996
As a reference guide for library professionals, this volume helps librarians prepare for the future in the growing electronic environment by examining the historical and theoretical background of the National Electronic Library and assessing the role of libraries in the past, present, and future. The book is divided in two sections: "The…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Consortia, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
